Revelation, circa 7 March 1831 [D&C
45]

And in this ye say truly for so it is But
these things which I have told you shall not pass away but all shall
be fulfilled & this I have told you
concerning Jerusalum & when that day shall come shall a remnant
be scattered among all Nations but they
shall be gethered

As directed by early revelations, church members “gathered” in communities. A revelation dated September 1830, for instance, instructed elders “to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect” who would “be gathered in unto one place, upon the face of this land...

Those who were not members of the House of Israel. More specifically, members of the church identified gentiles as those whose lineage was not of the Jews or Lamanites (understood to be the American Indians in JS’s day). Certain prophecies indicated that ...

be fulfelled & in
that day shall be heard of wars & rumours of wars & the whole
Earth shall be in commotion & mens hearts shall fail them & shall say that Christ delayeth his coming until
the end of the world & the love of men shall wax cold & inequity
shall abound & when the times of the gentiles is come in a
light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness & it shall be the
fulness of my Gospel but they receive it not for they perceive not the
light & they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of
men &
in that generation shall the times of the gentiles be fulfilled &
there shall be men standing in that generation that shall not pass
untill they shall see an overflowing scourge for a desolating sicknes
shall cover the land
but my Deciples shall stand in Holy places & shall not be moved but
among the wicked men shall lift up their voices & curse God & die
& there shall be earthqakes also in diverse places & many desolations yet men will harden
their hearts against me & they will take up the sword one against
another & they will kill one another And now when I the Lord had
spoken these words unto my Deciples they were troubled & I said
unto them be not troubled for when all these things shall come to pass ye
may know that the promises which have been made unto you shall be
fulfilled & when the light shall begin to break forth it shall be with
them like unto a Parable which I will shew you ye look & behold the
figgtrees & ye see them with your eyes & ye say when they begin to
shoot forth & th their leaves are yet
tender ye say that summer
[p. 73]

And in this ye say truly for so it is But
these things which I have told you shall not pass away but all shall
be fulfilled & this I have told you
concerning Jerusalum & when that day shall come shall a remnant
shall a be scattered among all Nations but they
shall be gethered

As directed by early revelations, church members “gathered” in communities. A revelation dated September 1830, for instance, instructed elders “to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect” who would “be gathered in unto one place, upon the face of this land...

Those who were not members of the House of Israel. More specifically, members of the church identified gentiles as those whose lineage was not of the Jews or Lamanites (understood to be the American Indians in JS’s day). Certain prophecies indicated that ...

be fulfelled & in
that day shall be heard of wars & rumours of wars & the whole
Earth shall be in commotion & mens hearts shall fail them & & shall say that Christ delayeth his coming until
the end of the world & the love of men shall wax cold & inequity
shall abound & when the times of the gentiles shall be is come in And a
light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness & it shall be the
fulness of my Gospel but they receive it not for they perceive not the
light & they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of
men &
in that generation shall the times of the gentiles be fulfilled &
there shall be men standing in that generation that shall not pass
untill they shall see an overflowing scourge for a desolating sicknes
shall cover the land & shall not be moved
but my Deciples shall stand in Holy places & shall not be moved but
among the wicked men shall lift up their voices & curse God & die
& there shall be earthqakes also in diverse places & many desolations yet men will harden
their hearts against me & they will take up the sword one against
another & they will kill one another And now when I the Lord had
spoken these words unto my Deciples they were troubled for when all these things shall come & I said
unto them be not troubled for when all these things shall come to pass ye
may know that the promises which have been made unto you shall be
fulfilled & when the light shall begin to break forth it shall be with
them like unto a Parable which I will shew you ye look & behold the
figgtrees & ye see them with your eyes & ye say when they begin to
shoot forth & th◊◊◊ [their] leaves are yet
tender ye say that summer
[p. 73]

This prophecy, with its thematic
focus on “the great day of the Lord” and its depiction of the future glory of
the New Jerusalem, was received with joy by the early Saints. It can be seen as
shedding additional light on the meaning of Matthew 24. The text offers a
solution to the longstanding controversy over how to interpret that chapter by
suggesting that some of the predicted events took place in the first century
and that others would not occur until the end of time.

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...

copied this text into
Revelation Book 1, where it is designated “A Prophecy
March 7th 1831,”
sometime between March and June
1831.
Edward
Partridge

27 Aug. 1793–27 May 1840. Hatter. Born at Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of William Partridge and Jemima Bidwell. Moved to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio. Married Lydia Clisbee, 22 Aug. 1819, at Painesville. Initially a Universal Restorationist...

also made copies in
1831. The 1833 Book of Commandments dates this
revelation to March 1831 at
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...